Seamed pot cover

Abstract

A seamed decorative pot cover article and a method of manufacturing the article. The pot cover includes a plurality of side panels extending upwardly from a base and flaring outwardly away from the base. The panels are seamed together at their edges and are symmetrical about the seams. The seams are separated into straight segments having different angles with the base such that upper portions of the panels flare to a greater extent. The article is manufactured by forming a plurality of butt welds in a sheet of stock extending outwardly from a central portion to the edge and trimming excess material outwardly of the butt welds.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows. 
     
       1. A pot cover comprising: a substantially planar base;   a plurality of side panels extending upwardly from said base and terminating in an edge means defining an upper opening in said cover;   adjacent ones of said side panels being joined at lateral edges by seams extending from said base to said edge means;   each of said side panels increasing linearly in width away from said base such that said pot cover flares outwardly away from said base;   each of said side panels being symmetrical with the adjacent ones of said side panels; and   each of said panels being asymmetric about a median vertical plane of the pixel extending between said base and said edge means.   
     
     
       2. A pot cover comprising: a substantially planar base;   a plurality of side panels extending upwardly from said base and terminating in an edge means defining an upper opening in said cover;   adjacent ones of said panels being joined at lateral edges by seams extending from said base to said edge means;   each of said side panels increasing linearly in width away from said base such that said pot cover flares outwardly away from said base;   each of said side panels being symmetrical with the adjacent ones of said side panels; and   each of said side panels increasing linearly in width away from said base at a first ratio adjacent said base and at a second ratio adjacent said upper opening, said second ratio being greater than said first ratio such that said pot cover flares outwardly away from said base to a greater extent at an upper portion thereof.   
     
     
       3. The pot cover in claim 2 in which said butt welds are impervious to liquids. 
     
     
       4. A pot cover manufactured from a sheet of stock as defined in claim 6 in which said seams are formed by welding spaced-apart portions of said stock and trimming the excess material outwardly of said seams. 
     
     
       5. A pot cover manufactured form a sheet of stock as defined in claim 6 in which said seams are formed by butt welding spaced-apart portions of said stock and trimming the excess material outwardly of said seams. 
     
     
       6. The pot cover in claim 2 in which said seams are impervious to liquid. 
     
     
       7. The pot cover in claim 6 wherein said pot cover is made of 0.003 inch thick polymeric material. 
     
     
       8. A pot cover manufactured from a sheet of stock comprising: a generally planar base portion;   a sidewall extending upwardly from said base and defining a continuous surface;   said sidewall divided into sidewall panels by seams interconnecting adjacent panels;   each of said panels being symmetrical with each adjacent one of said panels about an axis generally defined by the joining one of said seams;   each of said seams having a substantially consistent cross section along its length;   said panels flaring outwardly away from said base at a first predetermined angle with the perpendicular of said base adjacent said base and at a second predetermined angle with the perpendicular of said base beyond a predetermined distance from said base, said second predetermined angle being greater than said first predetermined angle.   
     
     
       9. A pot cover manufactured from a sheet of stock comprising: a generally planar base portion;   a sidewall extending upwardly from said base and defining a continuous surface;   said sidewall divided into sidewall panels by seams interconnecting adjacent panels;   each of said panels being symmetrical with each adjacent one of said panels about an axis generally defined by the joining one of said seams;   each of said seams having a substantially consistent cross section along its length; and   each of said panels being asymmetrical about a median vertical plane of the panel.   
     
     
       10. A pot cover manufactured from a sheet of stock according to a process including the steps of: forming a plurality of butt welds in said stock from a central portion of said stock outwardly to a peripheral edge of said stock;   said butt welds defining therebetween planar side panels being defined between said butt welds from said central portion of said peripheral edge, said side panels flaring outwardly away from said central portion, said planar side panels including two generally flat planar portions angularly related to each other and to said central portion such that the one of said planar portions adjacent said peripheral edge has an angle with the perpendicular of said central portion that is larger than the angle of said planar portions adjacent said central portion with the perpendicular of said central portion; and   trimming excess material outwardly of said butt welds.   
     
     
       11. The pot cover in claim 10 in which said side panels extend from said central portion in a manner that said central portion is substantially circular.